Never let your schooling interrupt your education.
Written by Kara S. Anderson. As I sit down to write about our day in the life this year, we are mostly surrounded by half-read books, half-done puzzles, and half-eaten pans of cinnamon rolls. It is my very favorite week of the year – the week between Christmas and New Year’s - but it’s also a …
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Written by Kara S. Anderson Growing up, I was a competitive figure skater, which meant I spent hours each day on ¼-inch thin blades, tracing intricate figures, spinning in neat circles or landing jumps after multiple rotations in the air. In addition to our time spent on the ice, my fellow …
The Power of Play ~ Written by Kara S. Anderson I've been thinking a lot this summer about the importance of play, and how it can help kids dive deeply into learning. It began simply, with an idea – to put something out for my kids each Monday this summer that they could explore at their …
How to fall in love with homeschooling ~ Written by Kara S. Anderson We are wrapping up our homeschool year right now, and I am kind of done. In fact, I might have just said the following to my husband: “We’re so done with homeschooling. How long do we have left? A week? That’s not so …
Written by Kara S. Anderson "It tastes just like cheesecake,” she said laughing. She was, of course, referring to dog frosting – the dog frosting she had whipped up from scratch to decorate her homemade banana pupcakes. Frosting them was the last step in a process that had taken most of the …
